The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-06-28
THE HAND OF DEATH.
LNSA TIATE ARCHER WOULD NOT
ONE SUFFICE2

Demise Of Past Grand Master Peyton :.
Coles and Rev. Dr. John ID. Blackwell, an
Eminent Methodist Minister Both
Widely Known and EminentIy Useful.
II Is our painful duty to announce this
morning the death of two distinguished
Virginians, each widely known and cele-
brated and eminently useful in different
fields. The death OF each of them was
rather sudden aad unexpected, and in
their death the State loses two sons who
had honered her by living useful and hon
orable lives
GRAND LECTURER PEYTON s. COLES.
His many friends in every section Of
the State and the whole Masonic Order
especially, will learn with deep regret Of
the death Of Grand Lecturer Peyton
Skipworth Coles, which took place Sat
urday evening at 3 o'clock at his resi-
dcnce Estuteyillc, in Albemarle county.
He had been i'll about month. Mr..
Coles as born in 1920, and was the son
Of Colonel John Coles, prominent citi-
zen of Albemarle, and his wife Selma,
daughter Of Sir Perion Skipwith, OF
Prestwould, in Mecklenburg county. lie
inherited a large estate, and throughout
his life his home was the scene OF gen
erous hospitality equalled by few in the
State. He was educated at William and
Mary College and the University Of Viz
ginia, and Joining the MasOns when he
was Young man, he soon became one
O. the brightest lights of the order
He was amember Of the lodge at SCOTS
vile, not far from his home, and of the
two at CharlOttsvil G, at each of which he
was a frequent attendant I'm December,
1879. he was elected Grand Master, and
reelected in 1880 While holding this
Office he laid the cornerstone of the
| Yorktown monument He wore on this
occasion the regalia worn by Washington
when he laid the corner stone OF the Cap
/ itOl Of the United States. For number
Of years past Mr. Coles has been Grand
/ Lecturer, and no mar was ever more de.
voted to the duties Of the position OF per.
formed them more efficiently He leaves a
wife and ten children
Upon the receipt Of the telegram an
nOuncing his death, which reached here
Yesterday morning, Messrs. W. +. Drink
ard. Grand Master, b. r. Wexford, Past
/ Grand Master; William b. lsaacs Grand
/ Secretary, and 5 Nice. Fisher, Deputy
/ Grand Master for the Richmond district
/ left TO attend the funeral, which took
| place with the usual honOrs yesterday
Mr. Coles had two insurance policies OF
/ $4,000 each in the Mutual Life of New
] York. Mr.. Howard Swineford, agent
/ They were twenty year endowment poll.
cies, and had been running seventeen
years. I'm three years more Mr. Cole'
would have been entitled TO 100000 lie
also had two policies Of $4,000 each Will
/ the Equitable Life Assurance Society
Montague * Co., agents.
REV. DIR. j. d. BLACKWELL.
Rev. DR.. j. d. Blackwell, father OF
Prof. II. +. Blackwell of Randolph
con College, and one Of the most distin
guished preachers i'm the Virginia Con
ference NJ. f. Church, South, died OF
Sunday morning in Portsmouth after an
illness of only few days.
Dr. Blackwell was born June l7th
1922. His maternal grandparents, John
and Ellen H. Davenport Of Frederick
county, Va, were among the first, per
haps the first i'm that section who espouseC
the cause Of MethOdism, and were Gml
nent and influential Christians Dr. LAT
ferty. I'm his Sketches of the Virginia
Conferences regarded DR. BlackWelt az
the Bayard of the Conference, and adds
His presence is courtly dignity Nature
quilted herself we'll in fashi0ning 81 wei
nigh model of manly grace and form
II the environments moved the life,
crooked and dwarfed soul would be
surprise i'm such enswarthment'
The parents Of the deceased were boii
members of the Methodist EpscOpa
church. and were noted for their piety
His father. John Blackwell was one o
the first who united with the Methodist
i'm Fauquier county. Dr. Blackwell
early advantages for education weT'
good For many years he was puDil o
Captain j b. Smith of Fauquier then
student i'm the large boarding school il
Warrenton. conducted by the late Prof
r. W. Smith, and graduated at Dickensol
Coll,ge while the lamented DR. T. kmor
was president and the eminent scholar,
John McClintock, ID. D., Ii. D., ant
William IL. Allen, LII. D., were of th
faculty.
He entered the Virginia Conference Il
1916. and since that time has labored il
fields in all its sections He had been O
various times elected to the presidency O
coll ges but preferred to labor in ih
ministry He was especially urged toa
cept the presidency of Randolph-Macol
College.
Dr. Blackwell was at the recent com
mencement at the Randolph Macon, an
bid fair to live for many yeaas to com'
The funeral will be held at Monumen
tai Methodist church, Portsmouth, thi
afternoon at / o'clock The remains Wi
, be taken to Warrenton and be interre
there Wednesday.
An Alleged Case of Bigamy.
Sergent Ben Howard, of the Fir
police district, returned yesterday morn